15-year-old charge in relation with Traveller family feud

A 15-year-old boy was today charged along with his father and uncle over an outbreak of violence linked to a Traveller family feud which has seen “tit for tat” attacks, homes vandalised, a stabbing and a shooting.

The Children’s Court heard that up to nine members of the trio’s family went to Ballymun garda station on Monday last and launched an attack on a group from the rival “faction”. They were armed with knives, hatchets and slash-hooks, Judge Bryan Smyth was told.